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. 2020 Aug;11(4):709-710.
doi: 10.1007/s41999-020-00324-z. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

Coping with the COVID-19 crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa: let us not leave older people behind!

Moustapha Dramé  1   2 , Lidvine Godaert  3 , Kuate Tegueu Callixte  4 , Fiona Ecarnot  5 , Nadine Simo-Tabue  6 , Maturin Tabue Teguo  6   7   8
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Coping with the COVID-19 crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa: let us not leave older people behind!

Moustapha Dramé et al. Eur Geriatr Med. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Older people; Sub-Saharan Africa.

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